Swedish Ice Hockey Year by Year
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SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY YEAR BY YEAR Last Update: September 10 2011 1920 Sweden’s first national team in ice hockey participates in The World Championship and The Olympic Games (ice hockey was an exhibition sport in the OG 1920) in Antwerp, Belgium and reaches fourth place. 1921 The first ice hockey game in Sweden is played when Uppsalakamraterna defeats German club Berliner Shlittschuhclub with 4-1, attendance: 2 022, January 30 at the Stockholm Stadium. The European Championship is played in Sweden. Sweden and Czechoslovakia are the only two participating teams. Sweden defeats Czechoslovakia with 7-4 at the Stockholm Stadium February 23. 1922 The Swedish Ice Hockey Association is established by seven clubs at November 17. Isaac Westergren became the first chairman. IK Göta wins the first Swedish Championship by defeating Hammarby IF with 6-0 in the final. 1924 Team Sweden reaches fourth place in The Olympic Games in Chamonix, France. 1927 Sweden got Canadian ice hockey visitors for the first time. Victoria HC from Montreal defeats a Swedish national team combination with 17-1 before 6 000 spectators at the Stockholm Stadium. 1928 Team Sweden wins the Silver Medal in The Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1931 The Swedish King Gustaf V inaugurates the first indoor ice hockey arena, Lindarängen in Stockholm, December 5 1931. 1932 As reported in ”Total Hockey” (The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League) Gustav ”Gus” Forslund is the first Swedish player to play in the NHL when he played for Ottawa Senators season 1932/33. 1936 Vic Lindqvist becomes the first Canadian coach working in Sweden. 1938 The new jersey with symbol ”Tre Kronor” is used by Team Sweden’s National Ice Hockey Team the first time February 12 in The World Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The first jersey is blue with yellow crowns on the chest. 1949 Sweden is organising The World Championship in Ice Hockey for the first time. It was a very big interest for the sport and riots started when Team Sweden and Team Canada were going to play at the Stockholm Stadium. The gates were broken down and it is assumed that some 25 000 spectators saw the game. 1952 Team Sweden wins the Bronze Medal in The Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway. 1953 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the first time. The WC tournament was played in Zürich and Basel, Switzerland. 1957 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the second time. Team Sweden won the trophy in Moscow, Soviet Union after defeating Czechoslovakia 2-0 and tied the game 4-4 against the Soviet Union. 1958 The first modern indoor ice hockey arena, Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, is inaugurated December 11 1958. 1962 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the third time. In Colorado Springs, USA, the trophy is won after defeating USA 2-1 and Canada 5-3. Sven Tumba then became the first Swedish player ever to win the World Championship Gold Medal three times. 1964 Team Sweden wins the Silver Medal in The Olympic Games/World Championship in Innsbruck, Austria. Ulf Sterner from Västra Frölunda IF is the first Swedish ice hockey player from the Swedish top league to join the National Hockey League, NHL. He plays four games for New York Rangers in the autumn 1964. 1981 Team Sweden wins the Gold Medal in Juniors World Championship for the first, and so far only, time in the tournament in Germany. 1987 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the fourth time. The tournament is played in Vienna, Austria and Team Sweden reaches the Gold Medal after an exiting playoff with the following results: Czechoslovakia 3-3, The Soviet Union 2-2 and Canada 9-0. 1989 Team Sweden´s womens team wins the Silver Medal in the first IIHF European Women´s Championship. In the Gold Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 7-1. 1990 Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fourth place in the first IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the Bronze Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 6-3. 1991 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the fifth time as the tournament was played in Turkuu, Finland. In the final game we defeated The Soviet Union 2-1. Mats Sundin, who is best in points among all players in the tournament, makes the Gold Medal winning goal when he shoots 2-1. Team Sweden´s womens team wins the Silver Medal in the second IIHF European Women´s Championship. In the Gold Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 2-1. 1992 Team Sweden wins the World Championship Gold Medal for the sixth time. In the final game we defeated Finland 5-2. Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fourth place in the second IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the Bronze Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 5-4 after penalty shots. 1993 Team Sweden´s womens team wins the Silver Medal in the third IIHF European Women´s Championship. In the Gold Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 8-2. 1994 Team Sweden wins the Olympic Games Gold Medal for the first time in the tournament in Lillehammer, Norway. Team Sweden wins an extremely exiting final game against Canada 3-2. The game is tied 2-2 after ordinary time and tied after maximum ten minutes sudden death. Even the ordinary penalty shooting is tied. In the sudden death penalty shooting Team Sweden win 1-0. Peter Forsberg scores a famous goal at Canadian goalkeeper Corey Hirsch. It is a goal that later got printed on a Swedish stamp. After Peter Forsberg’s fabulous goal Swedish goalkeeper Tommy Salo saves the last Canadian penalty shot by Paul Kariya. Later all these four players became NHL players. Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fifth place in the third IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the game for place 5-6 Sweden won against Germany with 7-1. 1995 Team Sweden´s womens team wins the Silver Medal in the fourth IIHF European Women´s Championship. In the Gold Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 9-0. 1996 Team Sweden´s womens team wins the Gold Medal in the fifth IIHF European Women´s Championship in Yaroslavl, Russia. Sweden won against the Silver Medallist Russia with 4-2 and won against Bronze Medallist Finland with 2-1. Sweden went undefeated through the whole tournament. Åsa Elfving were named forward in Medias All Star Team and and Pernilla Burholm were named beset defensive player in the tournament by the official tournament directorate. Sweden won the tournaments Fair Play Cup. 1997 Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fifth place in the fourth IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the game for place 5-6 Sweden won against Switzerland with 7-1. 1998 Team Sweden wins their seventh World Championship Gold Medal in Zürich, Switzerland. Sweden is undefeated during the whole tournament and don’t even loose any of the 30 periods the team played. Mats Sundin and Jonas Bergqvist both win their third World Championship Gold Medals. In Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, both mens and womens team ends up at fifth place. It was the first Olympic Games ice hockey tournament for women. 1999 Team Sweden wins the Bronze Medal in World Championship in Lillehammer, Norway, 1999. In the Bronze Medal game Sweden won against Canada with 3-2. Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fourth place in the fifth IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the Bronze Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 8-2. 2000 Team Sweden´s womens team end up at fourth place in the Sixth IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the Bronze Medal game Finland won against Sweden with 7-1. 2001 Team Sweden wins the Bronze Medal in Hannover, Germany, 2001. Sweden dominate most of the Semi Final game against Czech Republic. Czech Republic could anyway tie the game in the third period and then winning with 3-2 after first overtime and then game winning penalty shots. Team Sweden´s womens team end up at seventh place in the Seventh IIHF World Women´s Championship. In the relegation game Sweden won against Kazakhstan with 3-1. 2002 National women´s team wins the Bronze Medal in Olympic Games in Provo, USA, 2002. The women´s team was beaten often earlier during the season and few dared to hope for any medal in Olympic Games. But the players and leaders believed in themselves. Forward Evelina Samuelsson scored both goals when Sweden won against Finland with 2-1 in the Bronze Medal game. Team Sweden wins the Bronze Medal in World Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2002. In the Semi Final Slovakia won against Sweden with 3-2 after first overtime and then game winning penalty shots. Sweden wins against Finland with 5-3 in the Bronze Medal game. 2003 Team Sweden wins the Silver Medal in World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, 2003. In Quarter Final home nation Finland took a 5-1 lead after half game was played. But Sweden managed to turn the game and finally won with 6-5. In Semi Final Sweden won against Slovakia with 4-1. In the WC Final Game Canada won against Sweden with 3-2 after an overtime goal. The IIHF World Women´s Championship in Beijing, China, were cancelled due to the risk of SARS. 2004 Team Sweden wins the Silver Medal in World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic, 2004. In Quarter Final Sweden won over Latvia with 4-1.